Senate President Tito Sotto on the signing of the anti-terrorism law: I am glad the President has sifted through the rubble and saw the importance of the law!

Sotto is the principal author of the anti-terrorism bill. | via @reyaika

Senator Panfilo Lacson: Much credit goes to PRRD. With all the pressure coming from different directions against the signing of the anti-terrorism Bill into law, at the end of the day, it is his strong political will that mattered most. | via @reyaika

Lacson: Rest assured that I will exert extra effort in guarding against possible abuse in its implementation, notwithstanding all the safeguards incorporated in this landmark legislation. | via @reyaika

Senator Francis Pangilinan says that the law is unconstitutional and should be junked: I am not surprised. From Day 1 this Administration unleashed draconian and authoritarian measures as a showcase of its brand of leadership. | via @reyaika

Pangilinan: From the murderous drug war, to the longest martial law in Mindanao, to the longest lockdown in the world, and now to the anti-terror law. | via @reyaika

Pangilinan: The drug war has not nailed big-time drug lords and illegal drugs still flow after 4 years. Martial law in Mindanao has miserably failed to address the reconstruction of Marawi. | via @reyaika

Pangilinan: The longest lockdown and the arrests of tens of thousands have not addressed the continuing spread of COVID. Patunay lahat ito na hindi kamay na bakal ang solusyon sa ating mga problema sa bansa. | via @reyaika

Pangilinan: Hindi tinutugunan ng anti-terror law ang problema ng sakit at gutom dulot ng pandemya ngunit sapilitang itong isinusubo sa taumbayan. Basura ang pilit na isinusubo sa taumbayan. | via @reyaika

Pangilinan: Dapat ibasura ang walang kwentang batas na ito at handa tayong kwestyunin ang Constitutionality ng batas na ito sa Korte Suprema. | via @reyaika

Pangilinan: Hindi pa tapos ang boksing. Hindi pa tapos ang laban. | via @reyaika

Senator Risa Hontiveros: Malinaw ngayon kung ano ang una sa prayoridad ng pamahaalan: hindi ang kalusugan at kapakanan ng mamamayan, kundi ang pagpatay sa ating kalayaan at ang pagkapit sa kapangyarihan. | via @reyaika

Hontiveros: While the country’s COVID-19 cases have gone past 40,000 & while 7.3 million Filipinos have lost their jobs and livelihood, Malacanang has instead signed into law an Anti-Terrorism Law that it will use to trample on Filipinos’ basic rights and freedoms. | @reyaika

Hontiveros: Isa lang ang dahilan kung bakit pinagpilitan ng gobyernong ito ang pagpasa ng batas na ito sa gitna ng isang health crisis. They are afraid of the growing discontent of the people with the government's incompetence and abuses during the global pandemic. | via @reyaika

Hontiveros: This law, with its vague and unconstitutional provisions, will provide government with fearsome legal tools to oppress and silence those who speak out and resist the injustices, the violence and the corruption of those in power. | via @reyaika

Hontiveros: Pero hindi tayo papatinag. Mas lalo nating palalakasin ang ating boses laban sa paniniil ng ating kalayaan.

They will hear the people sing. | via @reyaika